Machine for manufacturing continuous toilet seat cover reels and methods of using the same

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure relates a machine for manufacturing continuous toilet seat cover reels. In certain embodiments, the machine includes: a continuous paper reel transmission mechanism, a modular cutting mechanism, and a counting wheel. The continuous paper reel transmission mechanism receives continuous paper from a continuous paper reel on a continuous paper reel rotating shaft. The modular cutting mechanism with a modular cutting wheel receives continuous paper reel from the continuous paper reel transmission mechanism and perforates the continuous paper reel using the modular cutting wheel to generate a continuous toilet seat cover. The counting wheel counts the number of toilet seat cover sheets on the continuous toilet seat cover generated. When the number of toilet seat cover sheets generated reaches a predetermined number, continuous toilet seat cover reel output device cuts last toilet seat cover sheet from the continuous toilet seat cover to produce the continuous toilet seat cover reel.

FIELD

The present disclosure generally relates to the field of bathroomsupply, and more particularly to a continuous toilet seat cover reel, amachine for manufacturing the continuous toilet seat cover reels, andmethods of using the machine to manufacture the continuous toilet seatcover reels.

BACKGROUND

In order to prevent certain transmitted diseases, some sanitary toiletsin public bathrooms are provided with toilet seat cover sheets.Currently, single pull-up toilet seat cover sheet or folded toilet seatcover sheets are widely used in toilets in public bathrooms. For thesingle pull-up toilet seat cover sheet, a user has to take the toiletsear cover sheet from a package, unfold the folded toilet sear coversheet, and put on the toilet seat. For the folded toilet seat coversheets, the user still has to take the folded toilet seat cover sheetsout of a container, unfold the folded toilet sear cover sheet, and puton the toilet seat. It is not convenient to use either one of the toiletseat cover sheets.

It is desirable for the user to retrieve a flat toilet seat cover sheetand directly put over the toilet seat. Such flat toilet seat coversheets may be provided through a continuous seat cover sheet reel.Currently, there is no machine that can manufacture the continuous seatcover sheet reels.

Therefore, an unaddressed need exists in the art to address theaforementioned deficiencies and inadequacies.

SUMMARY

In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a continuous toiletseat cover reel. In certain embodiments, the continuous toilet seatcover reel includes a predetermined number of toilet seat cover sheets.These toilet seat cover sheets are perforated and rolled in thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel. Each toilet seat cover sheetincludes: a seat cover portion, and a splash prevention portion. Thesplash prevention portion also includes a splash prevention tongue, anda top end of the splash prevention tongue. The seat cover portion andthe splash prevention portion are perforated by a splash preventionperforated tear line into a toilet bowl shape to allow a user toseparate the seat cover portion from the splash prevention portion foruse on a toilet.

In certain embodiments, each toilet seat cover sheet has a predeterminedlength L.

In certain embodiments, the continuous toilet seat cover reel includessheet perforated tear lines between two adjacent toilet seat coversheets to allow the user to separate a toilet seat cover sheet from thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel, and sheet separation marking linesprinted between two adjacent toilet seat cover sheets to indicate wherethe toilet seat cover sheet is to be separated from the continuoustoilet seat cover reel.

In certain embodiments, the top end of the splash prevention tongueincludes one or more vertical splash prevention perforated tear linesand horizontal splash prevention perforated tear lines for the user toseparate the splash prevention portion from the seat cover portion.

In certain embodiments, each of the sheet perforated tear lines, thesplash prevention perforated tear line, the vertical splash preventionperforated tear lines and the horizontal splash prevention perforatedtear lines includes a predetermined number of attached segments and apredetermined number of detached segments for easy separation.

In certain embodiments, each toilet seat cover sheet may also include acounting indicator. In one embodiment, the counting indicator is anopto-electrical counting hole punctured in a predetermined location ofthe toilet seat cover sheet. In another embodiment, the countingindicator is a counting marking printed in a predetermined location ofthe toilet seat cover sheet.

In another aspect, the present disclosure relates to a machine formanufacturing continuous toilet seat cover reels. In certainembodiments, the machine for manufacturing continuous toilet seat coverreels includes: a continuous paper reel transmission mechanism, amodular cutting mechanism, and a counting wheel. The continuous paperreel transmission mechanism receives continuous paper from a continuouspaper reel on a continuous paper reel rotating shaft. The modularcutting mechanism includes a modular cutting wheel. The modular cuttingmechanism receives continuous paper reel from the continuous paper reeltransmission mechanism and perforates the continuous paper reel usingthe modular cutting wheel to generate a continuous toilet seat cover.The counting wheel counts the number of toilet seat cover sheets on thecontinuous toilet seat cover generated by the modular cutting wheel.

In certain embodiments, the continuous paper reel transmission mechanismsupplies the continuous paper reel to the modular cutting mechanism toform toilet seat cover sheets on the continuous toilet seat cover, whilethe counting wheel counts the number of toilet seat cover sheets on thecontinuous toilet seat cover generated by the modular cutting wheel.When the number of toilet seat cover sheets on the continuous toiletseat cover reaches a predetermined number of toilet seat cover sheetsper each continuous toilet seat cover reel, the machine produces onecontinuous toilet seat cover reel.

In certain embodiments, the continuous toilet seat cover reel includes apredetermined number of toilet seat cover sheets. These toilet seatcover sheets are perforated and rolled in the continuous toilet seatcover reel. Each toilet seat cover sheet includes: a seat cover portion,and a splash prevention portion. The splash prevention portion alsoincludes a splash prevention tongue, and a top end of the splashprevention tongue. The seat cover portion and the splash preventionportion are perforated by a splash prevention perforated tear line intoa toilet bowl shape to allow a user to separate the seat cover portionfrom the splash prevention portion for use on a toilet.

In certain embodiments, each toilet seat cover sheet has a predeterminedlength L.

In certain embodiments, the continuous toilet seat cover reel includessheet perforated tear lines between two adjacent toilet seat coversheets to allow the user to separate a toilet seat cover sheet from thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel, and sheet separation marking linesprinted between two adjacent toilet seat cover sheets to indicate wherethe toilet seat cover sheet is to be separated from the continuoustoilet seat cover reel.

In certain embodiments, the top end of the splash prevention tongueincludes one or more vertical splash prevention perforated tear linesand horizontal splash prevention perforated tear lines for the user toseparate the splash prevention portion from the seat cover portion.

In certain embodiments, each of the sheet perforated tear lines, thesplash prevention perforated tear line, the vertical splash preventionperforated tear lines and the horizontal splash prevention perforatedtear lines includes a predetermined number of attached segments and apredetermined number of detached segments for easy separation.

In certain embodiments, the modular cutting wheel perforates the sheetperforated tear lines between two adjacent toilet seat cover sheets, thesplash prevention perforated tear line, the vertical splash preventionperforated tear lines and the horizontal splash prevention perforatedtear lines between the seat cover portion and the splash preventionportion.

In certain embodiments, each toilet seat cover sheet may also include acounting indicator. In one embodiment, the counting indicator is anopto-electrical counting hole punctured in a predetermined location ofthe toilet seat cover sheet. In another embodiment, the countingindicator is a counting marking printed in a predetermined location ofthe toilet seat cover sheet.

In one embodiment, the modular cutting mechanism includes anopto-electrical counting hole punching device to puncture theopto-electrical counting hole in the predetermined location of thetoilet seat cover sheet. In another embodiment, the modular cuttingmechanism includes a counting marking printing device to print thecounting marking in the predetermined location of the toilet seat coversheet.

In certain embodiments, the machine includes a printing wheel to printthe sheet separation marking lines between two adjacent toilet seatcover sheets.

In certain embodiments, the machine includes a pressing wheel to pressthe continuous paper reel against the modular cutting wheel to generatethe continuous toilet seat cover.

In certain embodiments, the machine includes a continuous toilet seatcover reel output device. When the number of toilet seat cover sheets onthe continuous toilet seat cover generated reaches the predeterminednumber of toilet seat cover sheets per each continuous toilet seat coverreel, the continuous toilet seat cover reel output device cuts the lastsheet of toilet seat cover sheet from the continuous toilet seat coverto produce the continuous toilet seat cover reel.

In yet another aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method ofmanufacturing continuous toilet seat cover reel. In certain embodiments,the method includes: loading, by a manufacturing staff, a continuouspaper roll onto a continuous paper reel rotating shaft in a first end ofa machine for manufacturing continuous toilet seat cover reels,threading the continuous paper of the continuous paper roll through acontinuous paper reel transmission mechanism, a printing wheel, amodular cutting mechanism, and a counting wheel of the machine onto areel at a continuous toilet seat cover reel output device in a secondend, perforating, by a modular cutting wheel of the modular cuttingmechanism, the continuous paper roll to form sheet perforated tear linesbetween two adjacent toilet seat cover sheets, a splash preventionperforated tear line between a seat cover portion and a splashprevention portion of the toilet seat cover sheets, one or more verticalsplash prevention perforated tear lines and horizontal splash preventionperforated tear lines between the seat cover portion and the splashprevention portion of the toilet seat cover sheet to generate acontinuous toilet seat cover, counting, by a counting wheel, the numberof toilet seat cover sheets generated on the continuous toilet seatcover by the modular cutting wheel, and cutting, by the continuoustoilet seat cover reel output device, the last sheet of toilet seatcover sheet from the continuous toilet seat cover to produce thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel.

In certain embodiments, the method may also include: removing, by thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel output device, the continuous toiletseat cover reel produced at the continuous toilet seat cover reel outputdevice, and replacing the continuous paper roll when the continuouspaper roll runs out.

These and other aspects of the present disclosure will become apparentfrom the following description of the preferred embodiment taken inconjunction with the following drawings, although variations andmodifications therein may be effected without departing from the spiritand scope of the novel concepts of the disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings illustrate one or more embodiments of thedisclosure and, together with the written description, serve to explainthe principles of the disclosure. Wherever possible, the same referencenumbers are used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or likeelements of an embodiment. The drawings do not limit the presentdisclosure to the specific embodiments disclosed and described herein.The drawings are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placedupon clearly illustrating the principles of the disclosure, and wherein:

FIG. 1 illustrates a machine for manufacturing continuous toilet seatcover reels according to certain embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 illustrates an individual toilet seat cover sheet on a continuoustoilet seat cover reel for the automatic toilet seat cover dispenseraccording to one embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged portion of the toilet seat cover sheet on thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel showing detailed construction of thetoilet seat cover sheet according to one embodiment of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 4 illustrates another individual toilet seat cover sheet on thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel according to another embodiment of thepresent disclosure;

FIG. 5 illustrates yet another individual toilet seat cover sheet on thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel according to an additional embodimentof the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 a flow chart of an exemplary method of manufacturing continuoustoilet seat cover reels using the machine according to certainembodiments of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present disclosure will now be described more fully hereinafter withreference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodimentsof the disclosure are shown. This disclosure may, however, be embodiedin many different forms and should not be construed as limited to theembodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided sothat this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fullyconvey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. Likereference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being “on”another element, it can be directly on the other element or interveningelements may be present therebetween. In contrast, when an element isreferred to as being “directly on” another element, there are nointervening elements present. As used herein, the term “and/or” includesany and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It will be understood that, although the terms first, second, third,etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, components,regions, layers and/or sections, these elements, components, regions,layers and/or sections should not be limited by these terms. These termsare only used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer orsection from another element, component, region, layer or section. Thus,a first element, component, region, layer or section discussed belowcould be termed a second element, component, region, layer or sectionwithout departing from the teachings of the present disclosure.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particularembodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure.As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended toinclude the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicatesotherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises”and/or “comprising,” or “includes” and/or “including” or “has” and/or“having” when used herein, specify the presence of stated features,regions, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, butdo not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features,regions, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/orgroups thereof.

Furthermore, relative terms, such as “lower” or “bottom”, “upper” or“top,” and “front” or “back” may be used herein to describe oneelement's relationship to another element as illustrated in the Figures.It will be understood that relative terms are intended to encompassdifferent orientations of the device in addition to the orientationdepicted in the Figures. For example, if the device in one of thefigures is turned over, elements described as being on the “lower” sideof other elements would then be oriented on “upper” sides of the otherelements. The exemplary term “lower”, can therefore, encompasses both anorientation of “lower” and “upper,” depending of the particularorientation of the figure. Similarly, if the device in one of thefigures is turned over, elements described as “below” or “beneath” otherelements would then be oriented “above” the other elements. Theexemplary terms “below” or “beneath” can, therefore, encompass both anorientation of above and below.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientificterms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by oneof ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs. It willbe further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly useddictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that isconsistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and thepresent disclosure, and will not be interpreted in an idealized oroverly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.

As used herein, “around”, “about” or “approximately” shall generallymean within 20 percent, preferably within 10 percent, and morepreferably within 5 percent of a given value or range. Numericalquantities given herein are approximates, meaning that the term“around”, “about” or “approximately” can be inferred if not expresslystated.

Many specific details are provided in the following descriptions to makethe present disclosure be fully understood, but the present disclosuremay also be implemented by using other manners different from thosedescribed herein, so that the present disclosure is not limited by thespecific embodiments disclosed in the following.

The description will be made as to the embodiments of the presentdisclosure in conjunction with the accompanying drawings FIGS. 1 through6.

In one aspect, as shown in FIGS. 2-5, the present disclosure relates toa continuous toilet seat cover reel 200. In certain embodiments, thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel 200 includes a predetermined number oftoilet seat cover sheets 201. These toilet seat cover sheets 201 areperforated and rolled in the continuous toilet seat cover reel 200. Eachtoilet seat cover sheet 201 includes: a seat cover portion 202, and asplash prevention portion 204. The splash prevention portion 204 alsoincludes a splash prevention tongue 206, and a top end of the splashprevention tongue 208. The seat cover portion 202 and the splashprevention portion 204 are perforated by a splash prevention perforatedtear line 214 into a toilet bowl shape to allow a user to separate theseat cover portion 202 from the splash prevention portion 204 for use ona toilet. In one embodiment, the splash prevention portion 204 isperforated in a rounded toilet bowl shape, not showing in FIGS. 2-5. Inanother embodiment, the splash prevention portion 204 is perforated inan elongated toilet bowl shape, as shown in FIGS. 2-5.

In certain embodiments, each toilet seat cover sheet 201 has apredetermined length, as marked L in FIGS. 2, 4, and 5. In oneembodiment, the toilet seat cover sheet 201 (L) is approximately 14inches (35 CM) to fit the rounded toilet bowl shape. In anotherembodiment, the toilet seat cover sheet 201 (L) is approximately 18inches (45 CM) to fit the elongated toilet bowl shape, as shown in FIGS.2-5.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the continuous toilet seatcover reel 200 includes sheet perforated tear lines 210 between twoadjacent toilet seat cover sheets 201 to allow the user to separate atoilet seat cover sheet 201 from the continuous toilet seat cover reel200. In another embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the continuoustoilet seat cover reel 200 includes sheet separation marking lines 211printed between two adjacent toilet seat cover sheets 201 to indicatewhere the toilet seat cover sheet 201 is to be separated from thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel 200.

In certain embodiments, the top end of the splash prevention tongue 208includes one or more vertical splash prevention perforated tear lines215 and horizontal splash prevention perforated tear lines 220 and 218for the user to separate the splash prevention portion 204 from the seatcover portion 202. In one embodiment, the splash prevention portion 204may be used with the splash prevention portion 204 attached to the seatcover portion 202. In another embodiment, the splash prevention portion204 may be used with the splash prevention portion 204 detached from theseat cover portion 202, and the detached splash prevention portion 204is placed in a toilet bowl.

In certain embodiments, each of the sheet perforated tear lines 210, thesplash prevention perforated tear line 214, the vertical splashprevention perforated tear lines 215 and the horizontal splashprevention perforated tear lines 218 and 220 includes a predeterminednumber of attached segments 212 and a predetermined number of detachedsegments 216 for easy separation.

In certain embodiments, each toilet seat cover sheet 201 may alsoinclude a counting indicator. In one embodiment, the counting indicatoris an opto-electrical counting hole 222 punctured in a predeterminedlocation of each toilet seat cover sheet 201, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.In another embodiment, the counting indicator is a counting marking 224printed in a predetermined location of each toilet seat cover sheet 201,as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.

In another aspect, as shown in FIG. 1, the present disclosure relates toa machine 100 for manufacturing continuous toilet seat cover reels 200.In certain embodiments, the machine 100 for manufacturing continuoustoilet seat cover reels 200 includes: a continuous paper reeltransmission mechanism 106, a modular cutting mechanism 108, and acounting wheel 114. The continuous paper reel transmission mechanism 106receives continuous paper from a continuous paper reel 102 on acontinuous paper reel rotating shaft 104. The modular cutting mechanism108 includes a modular cutting wheel 110. The modular cutting mechanism108 receives continuous paper reel 102 from the continuous paper reeltransmission mechanism 106 and perforates the continuous paper reel 102using the modular cutting wheel 110 to generate a continuous toilet seatcover 116 having multiple toilet seat cover sheets 201. The countingwheel 114 counts the number of toilet seat cover sheets 201 on thecontinuous toilet seat cover 116 generated by the modular cutting wheel110.

In certain embodiments, the continuous paper reel transmission mechanism106 supplies the continuous paper reel 102 to the modular cuttingmechanism 108 to form multiple toilet seat cover sheets 201 on thecontinuous toilet seat cover 116, while the counting wheel 114 countsthe number of toilet seat cover sheets 201 on the continuous toilet seatcover 116 generated by the modular cutting wheel 110.

In certain embodiments, each toilet seat cover sheet 201 has apredetermined length, as marked L in FIGS. 2, 4, and 5. In oneembodiment, the toilet seat cover sheet 201 (L) is approximately 14inches (35 CM) to fit the rounded toilet bowl shape. In anotherembodiment, the toilet seat cover sheet 201 (L) is approximately 18inches (45 CM) to fit the elongated toilet bowl shape, as shown in FIGS.2-5.

In certain embodiments, the circumference of the modular cutting wheel110 equals the length L of each toilet seat cover sheet 201. In oneembodiment, for the rounded toilet bowl shape, the circumference of themodular cutting wheel 110 is designed to be 14 inches to allow themodular cutting wheel 110 to perforate one toilet seat cover sheet 201per rotation. In another embodiment, for the elongated toilet bowlshape, the circumference of the modular cutting wheel 110 is designed tobe 18 inches to allow the modular cutting wheel 110 to perforate onetoilet seat cover sheet 201 per rotation.

In certain embodiments, the continuous toilet seat cover reel 200includes a predetermined number of toilet seat cover sheets 201, forexample, 200 or 500 per continuous toilet seat cover reel 200. When thenumber of toilet seat cover sheets 201 on the continuous toilet seatcover 116 generated reaches the predetermined number of toilet seatcover sheets 201 per each continuous toilet seat cover reel 200 themachine 100 produces one continuous toilet seat cover reel 200.

These toilet seat cover sheets 201 are perforated and rolled in thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel 200. Each toilet seat cover sheet 201includes: a seat cover portion 202, and a splash prevention portion 204.The splash prevention portion 204 also includes a splash preventiontongue 206, and a top end of the splash prevention tongue 208. The seatcover portion 202 and the splash prevention portion 204 are perforatedby a splash prevention perforated tear line 214 into a toilet bowl shapeto allow a user to separate the seat cover portion 202 from the splashprevention portion 204 for use on a toilet. In one embodiment, thesplash prevention portion 204 is perforated in a rounded toilet bowlshape, not showing in FIGS. 2-5. In another embodiment, the splashprevention portion 204 is perforated in an elongated toilet bowl shape,as shown in FIGS. 2-5.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the continuous toilet seatcover reel 200 includes a sheet perforated tear line 210 between twoadjacent toilet seat cover sheets 201 to allow the user to separate atoilet seat cover sheet 201 from the continuous toilet seat cover reel200. In another embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the continuoustoilet seat cover reel 200 includes a sheet separation marking line 211printed between two adjacent toilet seat cover sheets 201 to indicatewhere the toilet seat cover sheet 201 is to be separated from thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel 200.

In certain embodiments, the top end of the splash prevention tongue 208includes one or more vertical splash prevention perforated tear lines215 and horizontal splash prevention perforated tear lines 220 and 218for the user to separate the splash prevention portion 204 from the seatcover portion 202. In one embodiment, the splash prevention portion 204may be used with the splash prevention portion 204 attached to the seatcover portion 202. In another embodiment, the splash prevention portion204 may be used with the splash prevention portion 204 detached from theseat cover portion 202, and the detached splash prevention portion 204is placed in a toilet bowl.

In certain embodiments, each of the sheet perforated tear lines 210, thesplash prevention perforated tear line 214, the vertical splashprevention perforated tear lines 215 and the horizontal splashprevention perforated tear lines 218 and 220 includes a predeterminednumber of attached segments 212 and a predetermined number of detachedsegments 216 for easy separation.

In certain embodiments, the outside surface of the modular cutting wheel110 includes various blades to perforate the sheet perforated tear lines210, the splash prevention perforated tear line 214, the vertical splashprevention perforated tear lines 215 and the horizontal splashprevention perforated tear lines 218 and 220 and generate a toilet seatcover sheet 201 per rotation.

In certain embodiments, the machine 100 includes a printing wheel 101 toprint the sheet separation marking lines 211 between two adjacent toiletseat cover sheets 201.

In certain embodiments, the machine 100 includes a pressing wheel 112 topress the continuous paper reel 102 against the modular cutting wheel110 to generate the continuous toilet seat cover 116.

In certain embodiments, each toilet seat cover sheet 201 may alsoinclude a counting indicator. In one embodiment, the counting indicatoris an opto-electrical counting hole 222 punctured in a predeterminedlocation of each toilet seat cover sheet 201, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.In another embodiment, the counting indicator is a counting marking 224printed in a predetermined location of each toilet seat cover sheet 201,as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.

In one embodiment, the modular cutting mechanism 108 includes anopto-electrical counting hole punching device to puncture theopto-electrical counting hole 222 in the predetermined location of thetoilet seat cover sheets 201. In another embodiment, the modular cuttingmechanism 108 includes a counting marking printing device to print thecounting marking 224 in the predetermined location of the toilet seatcover sheets 201.

In certain embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1, the machine 100 includes aprinting wheel 101 to print the sheet separation marking lines 211between two adjacent toilet seat cover sheets 201.

In certain embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1, the machine 100 includes apressing wheel 112 to press the continuous paper reel 102 against themodular cutting wheel 110 to generate the continuous toilet seat cover116.

In certain embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1, the machine 100 includes acontinuous toilet seat cover reel output device 118. When the number oftoilet seat cover sheets 201 on the continuous toilet seat cover 116generated reaches the predetermined number of toilet seat cover sheets201 per each continuous toilet seat cover reel 200, the continuoustoilet seat cover reel output device 118 cuts the last sheet of toiletseat cover sheet 201 from the continuous toilet seat cover 116 toproduce the continuous toilet seat cover reel 200.

In yet another aspect, as shown in FIG. 6, the present disclosurerelates to a method of manufacturing continuous toilet seat cover reel200. In certain embodiments, the method includes: loading, by amanufacturing staff, a continuous paper roll 102 onto a continuous paperreel rotating shaft 104 in a first end of a machine 100 formanufacturing continuous toilet seat cover reels 200, threading thecontinuous paper of the continuous paper roll 102 through a continuouspaper reel transmission mechanism 106, a printing wheel 101, a modularcutting mechanism 108, and a counting wheel 114 of the machine 100 ontoa reel at a continuous toilet seat cover reel output device 118 in asecond end.

In certain embodiments, when the machine 100 is turned on and running,the method includes: perforating, by a modular cutting wheel 110 of themodular cutting mechanism 108, the continuous paper roll 102 to formsheet perforated tear lines 210 between two adjacent toilet seat coversheets 201, a splash prevention perforated tear line 214 between a seatcover portion 202 and a splash prevention portion 204 of the toilet seatcover sheets 201, one or more vertical splash prevention perforated tearlines 215 and horizontal splash prevention perforated tear lines 218 and220 between the seat cover portion 202 and the splash prevention portion204 of the toilet seat cover sheet 201 to generate a continuous toiletseat cover 116, and counting, by a counting wheel 114, the number oftoilet seat cover sheets 201 generated on the continuous toilet seatcover 116 by the modular cutting wheel 110.

In certain embodiments, when the number of toilet seat cover sheets 201generated by the modular cutting mechanism 108 reaches a predeterminednumber of toilet seat cover sheets 201 per each continuous toilet seatcover reels on the continuous toilet seat cover 116, the method furtherincludes: cutting, by the continuous toilet seat cover reel outputdevice 118, the last sheet of toilet seat cover sheet 201 from thecontinuous toilet seat cover 116 to produce the continuous toilet seatcover reel 200.

In certain embodiments, the method may also include: removing, by thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel output device 118, the continuoustoilet seat cover reel 200 produced at the continuous toilet seat coverreel output device 118, and replacing the continuous paper roll 102 whenthe continuous paper roll 102 runs out.

In certain embodiments, FIG. 6 shows a flow chart of an exemplary method600 of manufacturing continuous toilet seat cover reels using themachine 100 according to certain embodiments of the present disclosure.

At block 602, a manufacturing staff loads a continuous paper roll 102onto a continuous paper reel rotating shaft 104 in a first end of amachine 100 for manufacturing continuous toilet seat cover reels 200.

At block 604, the continuous paper of the continuous paper roll 102 isthreaded through a continuous paper reel transmission mechanism 106, aprinting wheel 101, a modular cutting mechanism 108, and a countingwheel 114 of the machine 100 onto a reel at a continuous toilet seatcover reel output device 118 in a second end.

At block 606, in certain embodiments, when the machine 100 is turned onand running, a modular cutting wheel 110 of the modular cuttingmechanism 108 perforates the continuous paper roll 102 to form a toiletseat cover sheet 201 per rotation of the modular cutting wheel 110. Themodular cutting wheel 110 perforates sheet perforated tear lines 210between two adjacent toilet seat cover sheets 201, a splash preventionperforated tear line 214 between a seat cover portion 202 and a splashprevention portion 204 of the toilet seat cover sheets 201, one or morevertical splash prevention perforated tear lines 215 and horizontalsplash prevention perforated tear lines 218 and 220 between the seatcover portion 202 and the splash prevention portion 204 of the toiletseat cover sheet 201 and generates multiple toilet seat cover sheets 201on a continuous toilet seat cover 116. A counting wheel 114 counts thenumber of toilet seat cover sheets 201 generated on the continuoustoilet seat cover 116 by the modular cutting wheel 110.

At query block 608, when the number of toilet seat cover sheets 201generated by the modular cutting mechanism 108 reaches a predeterminednumber of toilet seat cover sheets 201 per each continuous toilet seatcover reels on the continuous toilet seat cover 116, the method 600proceeds to block 610, otherwise, the method 600 proceeds to block 606.

At block 610, when the number of toilet seat cover sheets 201 generatedby the modular cutting mechanism 108 reaches a predetermined number oftoilet seat cover sheets 201 per each continuous toilet seat cover reelson the continuous toilet seat cover 116, the continuous toilet seatcover reel output device 118 cuts the last sheet of toilet seat coversheet 201 from the continuous toilet seat cover 116 to produce thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel 200.

At query block 612, when the roll of continuous paper 102 runs out, themethod 600 proceeds to block 602 to reload continuous paper roll 102 onthe continuous paper reel rotating shaft, otherwise, the method 600proceeds to block 606 to continue the production of the toilet seatcover sheets 201 on the continuous toilet seat cover 116.

The foregoing description of the exemplary embodiments of the disclosurehas been presented only for the purposes of illustration and descriptionand is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the disclosure to theprecise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possiblein light of the above teaching.

The embodiments were chosen and described in order to explain theprinciples of the disclosure and their practical application so as toenable others skilled in the art to utilize the disclosure and variousembodiments and with various modifications as are suited to theparticular use contemplated. Alternative embodiments will becomeapparent to those skilled in the art to which the present disclosurepertains without departing from its spirit and scope. Accordingly, thescope of the present disclosure is defined by the appended claims ratherthan the foregoing description and the exemplary embodiments describedtherein.

What is claimed is:
 1. A continuous toilet seat cover reel, comprising:a plurality of toilet seat cover sheets perforated and arranged in thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel, wherein each of the plurality oftoilet seat cover sheets comprises: a seat cover portion, and a splashprevention portion, wherein the splash prevention portion comprises asplash prevention tongue, and a top end of the splash prevention tongue,wherein the seat cover portion and the splash prevention portion areperforated by a splash prevention perforated tear line to allow a userto separate the seat cover portion from the splash prevention portionfor use on a toilet.
 2. The continuous toilet seat cover reel of claim1, wherein the continuous toilet seat cover reel comprises apredetermined number of toilet seat cover sheet and each toilet seatcover sheet has a predetermined length L.
 3. The continuous toilet seatcover reel of claim 2, wherein the continuous toilet seat cover reelcomprises: a sheet perforated tear line between two adjacent toilet seatcover sheets to allow the user to separate a toilet seat cover sheetfrom the continuous toilet seat cover reel; and a sheet separationmarking line printed between two adjacent toilet seat cover sheets toindicate where the toilet seat cover sheet is to be separated from thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel.
 4. The continuous toilet seat coverreel of claim 3, wherein the top end of the splash prevention tonguecomprises one or more vertical splash prevention perforated tear linesand horizontal splash prevention perforated tear lines for the user toseparate the splash prevention portion from the seat cover portion. 5.The continuous toilet seat cover reel of claim 4, wherein each of thesheet perforated tear lines, the splash prevention perforated tear line,the vertical splash prevention perforated tear lines and the horizontalsplash prevention perforated tear lines comprises a plurality ofattached segments and a plurality of detached segments for easyseparation.
 6. The continuous toilet seat cover reel of claim 1, whereineach toilet seat cover sheet comprises a counting indicator, wherein thecounting indicator comprises: an opto-electrical counting hole puncturedin a predetermined location of the toilet seat cover sheet; and acounting marking printed in a predetermined location of the toilet seatcover sheet.
 7. A machine for manufacturing continuous toilet seat coverreels, comprising: a continuous paper reel transmission mechanism forreceiving continuous paper from a continuous paper reel on a continuouspaper reel rotating shaft; a modular cutting mechanism having a modularcutting wheel for receiving the continuous paper reel from thecontinuous paper reel transmission mechanism and perforating thecontinuous paper reel using the modular cutting wheel to generate acontinuous toilet seat cover; and a counting wheel for counting thenumber of toilet seat cover sheets on the continuous toilet seat covergenerated by the modular cutting wheel, wherein the continuous paperreel transmission mechanism supplies the continuous paper reel to themodular cutting mechanism to form a plurality of toilet seat coversheets on the continuous toilet seat cover, while the counting wheelcounts the number of toilet seat cover sheets on the continuous toiletseat cover generated by the modular cutting wheel, and when the numberof toilet seat cover sheets on the continuous toilet seat cover reachesa predetermined number of toilet seat cover sheets per each continuoustoilet seat cover reel, the machine produces one continuous toilet seatcover reel.
 8. The machine of claim 7, wherein the continuous toiletseat cover reel, comprising: a plurality of toilet seat cover sheetsperforated and rolled in the continuous toilet seat cover reel, whereineach of the plurality of toilet seat cover sheets comprises: a seatcover portion, and a splash prevention portion, wherein the splashprevention portion comprises a splash prevention tongue, and a top endof the splash prevention tongue, wherein the seat cover portion and thesplash prevention portion are perforated by a splash preventionperforated tear line to allow the user to separate the seat coverportion from the splash prevention portion for use on a toilet.
 9. Themachine of claim 8, wherein the continuous toilet seat cover reelcomprises the predetermined number of toilet seat cover sheet and eachtoilet seat cover sheet has a predetermined length L.
 10. The machine ofclaim 9, wherein the continuous toilet seat cover reel comprises: asheet perforated tear line between two adjacent toilet seat cover sheetsto allow the user to separate a toilet seat cover sheet from thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel; and a sheet separation marking lineprinted between two adjacent toilet seat cover sheets to indicate wherethe toilet seat cover sheet is to be separated from the continuoustoilet seat cover reel.
 11. The machine of claim 10, wherein the top endof the splash prevention tongue comprises one or more vertical splashprevention perforated tear lines and horizontal splash preventionperforated tear lines for the user to separate the splash preventionportion from the seat cover portion.
 12. The machine of claim 11,wherein each of the sheet perforated tear lines, the splash preventionperforated tear line, the vertical splash prevention perforated tearlines and the horizontal splash prevention perforated tear linescomprises a plurality of attached segments and a plurality of detachedsegments for easy separation.
 13. The machine of claim 12, wherein themodular cutting wheel perforates the sheet perforated tear lines betweentwo adjacent toilet seat cover sheets, the splash prevention perforatedtear line, the vertical splash prevention perforated tear lines and thehorizontal splash prevention perforated tear lines between the seatcover portion and the splash prevention portion.
 14. The machine ofclaim 13, wherein each toilet seat cover sheet comprises a countingindicator, wherein the counting indicator comprises: an opto-electricalcounting hole punctured in a predetermined location of the toilet seatcover sheet; and a counting marking printed in a predetermined locationof the toilet seat cover sheet.
 15. The machine of claim 13, wherein themodular cutting mechanism comprises: an opto-electrical counting holepunching device to puncture the opto-electrical counting hole in thepredetermined location of the toilet seat cover sheet; and a countingmarking printing device to print the counting marking in thepredetermined location of the toilet seat cover sheet.
 16. The machineof claim 10, wherein the machine comprises a printing wheel to print thesheet separation marking lines between two adjacent toilet seat coversheets.
 17. The machine of claim 7, wherein the machine comprises apressing wheel to press the continuous paper reel against the modularcutting wheel to generate the continuous toilet seat cover.
 18. Themachine of claim 7 further comprising a continuous toilet seat coverreel output device, wherein when the number of toilet seat cover sheetson the continuous toilet seat cover generated reaches the predeterminednumber of toilet seat cover sheet per continuous toilet seat cover reel,the continuous toilet seat cover reel output device cuts the last sheetof toilet seat cover sheet from the continuous toilet seat cover toproduce the continuous toilet seat cover reel.
 19. A method ofmanufacturing continuous toilet seat cover reel, comprising: loading, bya manufacturing staff, a continuous paper roll onto a continuous paperreel rotating shaft in a first end of a machine for manufacturingcontinuous toilet seat cover reels; threading the continuous paper onthe continuous paper roll through a continuous paper reel transmissionmechanism, a printing wheel, a modular cutting mechanism, a countingwheel of the machine, onto a reel at a continuous toilet seat cover reeloutput device in a second end; perforating, by a modular cutting wheelof the modular cutting mechanism, the continuous paper roll to formsheet perforated tear lines between two adjacent toilet seat coversheets, a splash prevention perforated tear line between a seat coverportion and a splash prevention portion of the toilet seat cover sheet,one or more vertical splash prevention perforated tear lines andhorizontal splash prevention perforated tear lines between the seatcover portion and the splash prevention portion of a toilet seat coversheet on a continuous toilet seat cover; counting, by a counting wheel,the number of toilet seat cover sheets generated on the continuoustoilet seat cover by the modular cutting wheel; and cutting, by thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel output device, the last sheet oftoilet seat cover sheet from the continuous toilet seat cover to producethe continuous toilet seat cover reel.
 20. The method of claim 19further comprising: removing, by the continuous toilet seat cover reeloutput device, the continuous toilet seat cover reel produced at thecontinuous toilet seat cover reel output device; and replacing thecontinuous paper roll when the continuous paper roll runs out.